sportscars

This is a pic of 'Harbour Girl' Rose Mitchell and her dog Pedoro... nla.gov.au/nla.obj-442631946/view?partId=nla.obj-44266376... - a cropped version of the pic appeared in Pix on 4th January, 1941...in a feature article on Rose Mitchell...who evidently lived on her father's launch moored at Rose Bay, in Sydney...see pic on p. 10... Some of the other pics in this series also appeared in the Pix feature article... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230963074 - the Sun, 6th November, 1941...Rose Mitchell was a finalist in the Australian 'Streamlined Venus' contest... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/235601406 - the Hurstville Propellor, 5th September, 1940...some background on her father's launch...which was named 'Pedoro'...according to Pix, the dog was named after the launch... www.navy.gov.au/hmas-pedoro - during WW2 the launch was requisitioned by the navy...and was used as a Naval Auxiliary Patrol Vessel... www.instagram.com/pedoro1940/ - the launch has evidently been restored survives today...I'm not in Instagram...so I'm blocked from checking out the pics... Ha! Rose Mitchell was another Pix girl captured by the enemy! Per various digitised newspaper hits her father was Stanley Mitchell of Arncliffe, in Sydney... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/231574697 - the Sun, 19th July, 1946...pic of Rose Mitchell at her 'marriage'...to Howard Aufderheide, of Minnesota... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/231007472 - the Sun, 24th September, 1952...pic of her on a return visit to Sydney with her infant daughter...

Rose Mitchell also appears in this pic www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/52474724667/

Pat West...another Pix girl captured by the enemy! www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/53018850623/

Looks to be a 66 Vette

F-Shades Yep, and she's wearing Bass Weejuns.

Now in the museum: www.flickr.com/photos/4kleuren/20769968808/in/album-72157...

Bringing back memories of my old days......!